Polling for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra including Mumbai's high-stake BMC concluded on Thursday evening and the results to the polls are expected on Friday
15 January,2026 11:00 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe employees belong to Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar in the Marathwada region and nearby areas under Phulambri and Gangapur Panchayat Samiti. They were assigned election-related duties but did not collect polling materials or report for work, officials said
15 January,2026 10:32 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentOfficials, however, maintained that there were no major incidents in Mumbai, the largest corporation and the most closely contested. EVMs reportedly developed faults in wards across Nagpur, Amravati, Shirgaon, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Kanya Vidyalaya), Akola (Pink Polling Center), and Dhule
15 January,2026 08:21 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentThe incident occurred as Flight AI101 was taxiing in dense fog after returning to the national capital shortly after take-off, following the unexpected closure of Iranian airspace. No injuries were reported.
15 January,2026 07:52 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentErfan Soltani is imprisoned in Karaj outside Tehran after his arrest and is facing charges of propaganda against Iran's Islamic system and acting against national security, the judiciary said in a statement carried by state TV
15 January,2026 07:04 PM IST | AFPAt least four people, including children, died in kite-related incidents in Gujarat during Uttarayan, while emergency cases surged by 33 percent due to kite strings, electrocution, falls, and two wheeler travel
15 January,2026 05:15 PM IST | PTIThe Lok Sabha MP claimed that in several polling centres across the state, voters were allegedly made to wipe off the ink on their fingers after casting their votes, raising serious concerns about the integrity of the elections
15 January,2026 05:10 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentAccording to election officials, several residents chose to travel during the holiday, which affected voter participation. Heavy traffic congestion was reported in areas such as Somatane Phata, Bhosari and parts of Pune, making it difficult for some voters to reach polling centres
15 January,2026 05:01 PM IST | Archana DahiwalNCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar claimed in a post on X that incidents of EVMs shutting down were reported at the start of voting in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad municipal areas
15 January,2026 04:50 PM IST | mid-day online correspondentAs voting began across 29 civic bodies in Maharashtra, NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar alleged polling booth misplacement, EVM discrepancies, and poll code violations to favour the BJP. Early trends in the BMC elections showed low turnout, with male voters outnumbering women
15 January,2026 04:35 PM IST | ANIKerala used a commercial airline for organ transport for the first time, flying a donor kidney from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram on an IndiGo flight for a transplant, coordinated by K-SOTTO
15 January,2026 02:22 PM IST | PTINationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) leader Ankush Kakade claimed the EVM malfunctioned while he was casting his vote and demanded that a formal complaint be registered with election officials
15 January,2026 02:19 PM IST | Archana DahiwalDuring the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation elections, Nilesh Doke, husband of BJP candidate Aparna Doke, allegedly recorded a voting video inside a polling booth, violating the Model Code of Conduct. PCMC authorities have begun an investigation and filing of an FIR
15 January,2026 02:05 PM IST | Pune | Archana DahiwalA total of 2,067 polling centres have been designated across the city. To monitor the voting process, PCMC has installed 4,528 CCTV cameras covering every polling location. Each polling centre has been equipped with cameras inside the voting room, outside the polling centre, and at the building entrance
15 January,2026 01:50 PM IST | Pune | Archana DahiwalIn a previous advisory issued on January 5, the MEA had urged its nationals to avoid non-essential travel to Iran. It had also asked Indian citizens and PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) residing in Iran to exercise due caution and avoid visiting areas of protests
15 January,2026 07:06 AM IST | New Delhi | AgenciesThe remains were recovered on the morning of December 20, 2020, from a shop in the Roza area where a fire had broken out the previous night
15 January,2026 07:02 AM IST | Shahjahanpur | AgenciesSignalling an intent to rebuild strained ties, Gor said that no country is as essential as India to the United States, and asserted that both sides are actively engaged to firm up a trade deal
15 January,2026 06:58 AM IST | New Delhi | AgenciesFive new cases of diarrhoea, linked to drinking contaminated water in the Bhagirathpura area of Indore, the country's cleanest city, were found on Tuesday, a Madhya Pradesh health department official said
15 January,2026 06:55 AM IST | Indore | AgenciesMore than 5000 farmers have died by suicide in Maharashtra’s Marathwada region over the past five years, with 1,129 cases recorded in 2025 alone, the highest so far. Beed district reported the maximum deaths, with unseasonal rainfall and floods cited as key factors
14 January,2026 08:42 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondentThe victim, Shivaji Bhalerao, whose wife Sarika Bhalerao is contesting the January 15 civic election on a Congress ticket, was seated outside his home in Ward No. 1 when six assailants arrived on motorcycles and assaulted him, a police official said
14 January,2026 04:56 PM IST | Nanded | mid-day online correspondentTwo nurses from Barasat, North 24 Parganas, who tested positive for the Nipah virus are in a coma and in extremely critical condition. Authorities have intensified contact tracing, screening, and containment measures, with central and state health teams deployed to prevent further spread
14 January,2026 01:29 PM IST | Kolkata | IANSADVERTISEMENT
Iran has issued a chilling warning directed at U.S. President Donald Trump, airing footage of the 2024 campaign rally shooting in Pennsylvania on state television and declaring that “this time the bullet will not miss.”
The US president's claims, which were made with few details, come as he's told protesting Iranians in recent days that 'help is on the way' and that his administration would 'act accordingly' to respond to the Iranian government
15 January,2026 11:27 AM IST | Washington | APDenmark's Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen and Greenland's Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt hold talks at the White House with US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio
The probe follows reports that Grok has been used to create deepfake images portraying women and girls in sexually explicit scenarios without their consent, content that has allegedly been used to harass individuals across the internet, including on the social media platform X
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Amit Shah made the remarks via video link while inaugurating the Shri Motibhai R Chaudhary Sagar Sainik School and Sagar Organic Plant at Boriyavi village in Mehsana district, Gujarat
13 November,2025 09:36 PM IST | Ahmedabad | mid-day online correspondentMove to ease traffic congestion near Pune University, along Ganeshkhind Road
Janmashtami, which commemorates the birth of Lord Krishna, on the occasion, here are some of the best messages and wishes you can share this Janmashtami with your family and friends-
If water, sanitation, roads, potholes, etc matter to you, I don’t know a more important vote than for local body elections; no?
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